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Zoe Naylor
Zoe is a Managing Partner at Reel Solutions and leads our education initiatives. A trained Arts Award and NCFE assessor, Zoe devises, manages, and delivers intensive film skills training, pioneering the UK's first BFI Film Academy course focused on immersive filmmaking and VR.
Beyond her youth talent development work, her broader career spans 30+ years across distribution and exhibition including managing national touring schemes for BFI Southbank, leading flagship West End venues, and delivering community-centered projects such as Screenwaves which hosted the UK’s first hydro-powered film screenings on a remote island in the River Derwent. Driven by equity and inclusion, Zoe specialises in building sustainable creative pathways for the next generation of filmmakers and storytellers.
Bill Lawrence
Bill set up Reel Solutions in 2006 to pursue his passion for supporting all forms of cinema. He was Creative Director at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield, one of the UK’s leading independent cinemas, and Head of Film at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (later the National Media Museum), Bradford. He set up three of the city’s film festivals – Bradford International Film Festival, Bite the Mango Film Festival and Bradford Animation Festival.
In 2006 Bill was one of the key people to set up the partnership board of Bradford: City of Film and was involved closely in achieving the UNESCO designation in 2009. Bill is chair of All Animated Limited and was previously a director on the Board of Creative England and Screen Yorkshire.
Luke Shoesmith
Luke is one of our freelance Lead Filmmaking Tutors on the BFI Film Academies and Clubs.
A filmmaker and media producer working with individuals, corporate clients in the arts and charitable organisations to produce a range of digital content as Director of Central Eyes and Interspace Media, Luke is passionate about supporting the next generation of filmmakers.
As well as his work on the Academies and Clubs for Reel Solutions, Luke also supports the Yorkshire based Burberry Inspire Project which provides access to the the creative arts, including film, for young people in West Yorkshire.
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about us
Reel Solutions is a film-focused agency based in Yorkshire predominantly working with partners and clients in the screen industries. As well as our education work and practical filmmaking courses, we provide guidance and support to a range of local, national and international creative businesses and organisations. We offer a range of services including programming advice, a film booking service and event planning and delivery. Other services include evaluation, bid writing, project management services and support with strategic planning. Our clients include Labour of Love Films, Screen Yorkshire, Into Film, British Film Institute, Independent Cinema Office, Manchester Animation Festival, The Junction in Goole, Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough and Cambridge Film Festival.
We have developed, and continue to run, our own projects. These include Day Schools, a specialised cultural cinema education programme running in venues in Bradford and online for those who enjoy watching and talking about film; Coast to Credits, a one-day event held in Scarborough for the next generation of filmmakers, creative freelancers and small business owners to inspire and share practical information through panel sessions and networking opportunities; and Screenwaves, a rural cinema pilot which took the big screen to small community venues across North Yorkshire.
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